Transit Stations Design Manager - Brooklyn

Hatch•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Hatch is seeking a new Business Lead for our Transit Stations & Facilities team in our Brooklyn, NY office. The role would focus initially on NY with the MTA, and depending on the candidate expand through the NE, and the Eastern USA. The purpose of this full-time position is to build, lead and grow a team that positions Hatch to win and robustly self-perform rail and transit (Class I, Rapid Transit, Light Rail and Bus) stations and facilities design nationwide. This position will help grow our multi-disciplinary Transit Stations & Facilities business across the Eastern USA. The Transit team brings together experts in rail systems, vehicles, industrial design, civil infrastructure, design-build, project implementation and a variety of other specialties to inspire positive change in cities and communities around the world. The Business Lead is a national position that has overall responsibility and accountability for providing leadership in long-range planning, program development, problem solving, and staff development in Hatch’s recently formed Transit Stations & Facilities team. Reporting to the Global Transit Station & Facilities Business Unit Practice Lead, the Eastern USA Business Lead Station & Facilities will be responsible for leading and growing a Regional Station & Facilities business which is part of over 1000+ Transit professionals across all of Hatch’s global Transit business. The Eastern USA Business Lead will provide leadership in maintaining and further developing the Station & Facilities business, including responsibility for business development, team leadership and development, thought leadership and research, client engagement, technical oversight of deliverables and project financial performance. Hatch is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional services firm, established for over 65 years, that delivers a comprehensive array of technical and strategic services. Our global network of 10,000 professionals work on the world’s toughest challenges. Our experience spans over 150 countries around the world in the metals, energy, infrastructure, digital, and investments market sectors.

Requirements

Design Professional, Registered Licensed Architect in NY and other States
Registered Project Management Professional (PMP)
Understanding and experience in building a national practice of design professionals.
Demonstrated ability to lead and manage project teams in a multi-disciplinary environment
Self-starter and self-motivated requiring minimal supervision
Previous experience in leading a team and function for commercial performance.
Demonstrable track record of successful business development and achievement of targets.
Must be a confident speaker with excellent interpersonal skills and be able to clearly communicate to all levels from clients, senior project personnel through to junior staff
Excellent judge and recruiter of talent
Must have a solid technical and management background in transit related stations and facilities and be able to demonstrate
Minimum 10 years specific to transit projects
Must have been in senior positions such as project manager or design manager
Have a minimum of 20 years overall design and construction experience
Have excellent understanding of multi-disciplinary design documentation from disciplines that affect the design of any transit buildings such as architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, communications, code compliance
Demonstrate a solid understanding of the interfaces with other disciplines such as track, systems, civil, utilities
Must have experience with projects through all phases of work from feasibility, concept, detailed design and construction administration

Nice To Haves

Preferably worked on most procurement models such as Design Build, Design Bid Build, Progressive Design Build, Design Build Operate Maintain, etc

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to the consolidation, creation, and long-term planning for a full-service design capability for rail and transit stations and facilities for our clients.
Provide leadership to the existing national team of rail and transit building design professionals.
Assess the current resources and markets in which Hatch currently operates and determine how to leverage these as a foundation for a full-service design practice.
Identify and evaluate current portfolio of projects at Hatch in this market and draw a plan to build upon this portfolio for larger and more diverse projects, and overall diversification and growth of the portfolio.
Identify overall and/or regional gaps in resources, and then recruit talent to create a national design studio for rail and transit stations and facilities.
Meet and gather feedback from Hatch’s current subject matter experts to collaboratively create a robust practice for this market.
Analyze Hatch’s corporate structure with an eye to creating a collaborative, cross discipline studio of design professionals specializing in rail and transit stations and facilities design.
Drive safety and consistent quality of service throughout the nation by overseeing the standardization of design guidelines and best practices for these types of facilities.
Accountable for meeting key performance indicators to be collaboratively determined with executive and/or global leadership.
Ability to lead and manage projects as needed to bring value to the client and profit to Hatch.
Manage risk utilizing techniques and procedures that are quantifiable, verifiable and easily explained.